Dominant Schulte is 'Micro Phelps'

11:05 AM,
Jul. 23, 2014

Top performer: Guam swimmer Benjamin Schulte stands on the medal stand yesterday at the 8th Micronesian Games in Pohnpei, where he won nine gold and two silver medals. Grant Wieman/Pacific Daily News/gwieman@guampdn

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Grant Wieman
Pacific Daily News

POHNPEI -- While the entire Guam team maintained complete control in the pool during the three days of competition at the 8th Micronesian Games, the group was led in the water and on the sideline by former, and likely future, Olympian Benjamin Schulte.

Schulte entered 11 events for the Guam swimming team. He won gold in nine of them and picked up the nickname "Micro Phelps" at the pool. U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps is famous for winning eight gold medals in a single Olympics.

Known to his friends as Benji, it's not the first nickname "Micro Phelps" has had. ...